regardévsregardéeTell them apart

Which to use

“regardé” and “regardée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,692
“regardé” frequency rank
#17,246
“regardée” frequency rank
19938
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regardé regardée
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de regarder. Participe passé féminin singulier de regarder.

Same sound, different letters: regardé vs regardée

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. regardé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against regardée's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
regardé
8 ch
regardée

Homophone desk: regardé vs regardée

This is the hard kind. regardé and regardée are pronounced identically (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “regardé” sits inside “regardée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regardé is recorded at frequency rank #2,692, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\. regardée is at rank #17,246, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 19938, this pair ranks #370,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of regardé vs regardée

Shared letters: adegré. Private to "regardé": -. Private to "regardée": -.

"regardé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "regardée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regardé" and "regardée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁə.ɡaʁ.de\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "regardé" or "regardée"?
"regardé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,692 in our French list, against #17,246 for "regardée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regardé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regardée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #370,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regardé" and "regardée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regardée vs remariée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #370,770 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list